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Missouri Nonpartisan Candidates and Runoff Elections Initiative (2018)
| Missouri Nonpartisan Candidates and Runoff Elections Initiative | |
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| Election date November 6, 2018 | |
| Topic Elections and campaigns | |
| Status Not on the ballot | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin Citizens |
The Missouri Nonpartisan Candidates and Runoff Elections Initiative was not on the ballot in Missouri as an initiated constitutional amendment on November 6, 2018. The measure would have required the candidates for the following offices to be listed as nonpartisan on ballots: United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, Missouri Senate, Missouri House of Representatives, Missouri Governor, lieutenant governor, treasurer, attorney general, and secretary of state.[1]
The measure would have also required all candidates to run in the general election with the winner needing to get 50 percent plus one of the vote in order to win. A runoff election would have taken place between the top two candidates if no one secured a simple majority in the general election. Furthermore, candidates would not have been required to collect signatures to appear on the ballot.
Text of measure
Ballot title
As two versions of this initiative were filed for circulation, the secretary of state crafted a ballot title for each one.[2]
| Measure 2018-109 | |||||
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| Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to add a section to Article VIII that requires candidates for US Senate, US Congress, Governor, Lt. Governor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Senator and Representative be listed as non-partisan without any indication of party designation; discontinue primary elections, require that all candidates participate in a November general election without party designation, and require 50% plus one vote to win the general election or move to a top-tier runoff election; and candidates will not be charged over $100.00 or be required to collect signatures?
Local election authorities and the state will likely incur increased election-related costs estimated to be $528,000 per election cycle with the total costs being unknown, but likely significant.[3] | |||||
| Measure 2018-114 | |||||
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| Shall the Missouri Constitution be amended to add a section to Article VIII that requires candidates for US Senate, US Congress, Governor, Lt. Governor, Treasurer, Attorney General, Secretary of State, State Senator and Representative be listed as non-partisan without any indication of party designation; discontinue primary elections, require that all candidates participate in a November general election without party designation, and require 50% plus one vote to win the general election or move to a top-tier runoff election; and candidates will not be charged over $100.00 or be required to collect signatures?
Local election authorities and the state will likely incur increased election-related costs estimated to be $528,000 per election cycle with the total costs being unknown, but likely significant.[3] | |||||
Constitutional changes
- See also: Article VIII, Missouri Constitution
The measure would have added a Section 23 to Article VIII of the Missouri Constitution.[1]
Full text
The full text is available for Petition 2018-109 and Petition 2018-114.
Path to the ballot
Supporters of the initiative were required to collect a number of signatures equivalent to 8 percent of the 2016 gubernatorial vote in six of the eight state congressional districts. This means that the minimum possible number of valid signatures required was 160,199. Signatures needed to be filed with the secretary of state six months prior to the election on November 6, 2018. Six months prior to the election was May 6, 2018.
Damien Johnson proposed the initiative.[1] Signatures were not filed for the proposals.
See also
- Missouri 2018 ballot measures
- 2018 ballot measures
- Laws governing the initiative process in Missouri
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Missouri Secretary of State, "Petition 2018-109," December 19, 2016
- ↑ Missouri Secretary of State, "2018 Initiative Petitions Approved for Circulation in Missouri," accessed January 12, 2017
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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